Roseberry Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Roseberry Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Roseberry Creek, where the typical home holds fewer people than most Australian dwellings. This trend is driven by a high number of people living on their own, with 37.5% of households consisting of just one person.

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📍 Roseberry Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Roseberry Creek sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -5.3%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Roseberry Creek — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Roseberry Creek1.8
2474, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Roseberry Creek has far more people living alone than the state or national figures. With a typical 1.8 people per home, this is among the lowest levels for this kind of area.

1.8 ▼ -5.3%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.5% ▲ +5.8%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 35.4%
  • 2021: 37.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Roseberry Creek splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 26.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average. More than half of the families here are couples without children, while 21.1% are couples with children.

26.3% ▲ +23.8%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.3%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 26.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Roseberry Creek, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Roseberry Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13418/roseberry-creek/topic/family-households